Isaiah 30:8-18

New International Version

⁸ Go now, write it on a tablet^(A) for them,
    inscribe it on a scroll,^(B)
that for the days to come
    it may be an everlasting witness.^(C)
9 For these are rebellious^(D) people, deceitful^(E) children,
    children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.^(F)
10 They say to the seers,^(G)
    “See no more visions^(H)!”
and to the prophets,
    “Give us no more visions of what is right!
Tell us pleasant things,^(I)
    prophesy illusions.^(J)
11 Leave this way,^(K)
    get off this path,
and stop confronting^(L) us
    with the Holy One^(M) of Israel!”

“Because you have rejected this message,^(O)
    relied on oppression^(P)
    and depended on deceit,
¹³ this sin will become for you
    like a high wall,^(Q) cracked and bulging,
    that collapses^(R) suddenly,^(S) in an instant.
¹⁴ It will break in pieces like pottery,^(T)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

“In repentance and rest^(W) is your salvation,
    in quietness and trust^(X) is your strength,
    but you would have none of it.^(Y)
16 You said, ‘No, we will flee^(Z) on horses.’^(AA)
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
¹⁷ A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five^(AB)
    you will all flee^(AC) away,
till you are left^(AD)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner^(AE) on a hill.”

¹⁸ Yet the Lord longs^(AF) to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.^(AG)
For the Lord is a God of justice.^(AH)
    Blessed are all who wait for him!^(AI)